28.1387, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Czech Republic

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1387. Tue Mar 21 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1387, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Czech Republic

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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:39:18
From: Dagmar Červenková [cervenkova at fme.vutbr.cz]
Subject: Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education – Current Trends, Approaches and Issues

 
Full Title: Languages for Specific Purposes in Higher Education – Current Trends, Approaches and Issues 

Date: 10-Nov-2017 - 11-Nov-2017
Location: Brno, Czech Republic 
Contact Person: Dagmar Červenková
Meeting Email: cervenkova at fme.vutbr.cz
Web Site: http://www.uj.fme.vutbr.cz/lspct/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Meeting Description:

Ever since the 1980s teaching foreign languages for specific purposes has
assumed a particularly interesting methodological position. No matter whether
understood as separate from general second-language acquisition or only a
sideway project, it is a worthy endeavor. This conference aims at exploring
current concerns of LSP in order to find out in which direction the field is
moving. Hoping to succeed in this goal, we invite you to share your research
results, theoretical ideas and practical insights in a fruitful discussion.


Call for Papers:

Submissions are welcome in the following areas:

Teaching writing skills:

Dealing with a variety of academic contexts and a diversity of students'
specializations, entering particular writing communities
Differentiating genres (both academic and professional)
Approaches to teaching writing (process approach vs. text-based approach)
Re-evaluating the role of rhetoric

Teaching languages to students with special needs:

Teaching foreign languages to students with special needs, including students
with specific learning differences
Developing phonological/orthographic and syntactic skills for SLD
The role of language, memory and attention interaction
Use of assistive technologies for other impairments

Teaching LSP and communication skills:

Content language acquisition versus general language acquisition
Developing effective interpersonal communication in occupational settings
Different approaches to learning and using topic-specific vocabulary
(including the use of corpora)
The rising need for intercultural communication skills
The position of a needs analysis in higher education
Teaching academic and professional communication to support international
mobility

Technologies and Media:

The changing role of video and films
Enhancing communicative competence through mobile technology
Gamification: game elements in LSP teaching
Benefits of social media in a LSP class
Learning management systems and blended learning in LSP courses.

For more information on submission of abstracts and papers visit
http://www.uj.fme.vutbr.cz/lspct/?pg=prispevky .




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